Singapore Arts Festival 2011: The Conference of the Birds June 3, 2011

The Conference of The Birds is an allegorical poem by Farid Uddi Attar adapted for the stage by Peter Brook and Jean-Claude Carriere. The birds of the world embark on a journey to seek their spiritual king, the Simorgh, to answer all their questions and doubts; only to discover at the end that the Simorgh resides within themselves.

On the tenth anniversary of William Teo’s passing and the twentieth anniversary of that first Singaporean production of The Conference of the Birds, original cast member Jeremiah Choy reconstructs that same performance with a company comprised of a mix of original cast and new generation of artists, re-connecting this generation of performers and audiences with the work of an important theatre company during a watershed period of Singapore’s evolving theatre history.

Tickets on sale at SISTIC.

Official Website: http://www.singaporeartsfest.com